Feel free and link back to this article and talk up the predictions.

Heartbeat seems far superior for the simple reason that you can pair it with Explore and/or Xantid Swarm. I don't know how you fit all that in though.

I see High Tide immediately incorporating Free Peek. I've already made the cuts to my list for where to put it. The information edge is hugely valuable, especially when you're seeing if the aggro opponent is being tricksy and running Mindbreak Trap from the board.

Curiously enough, I have also not ruled out running Mana Flare/<3beat off the Tide sideboard.

But Misstep on the sideboard is sooooo bad compared to REB. Reb hits 11/12ths of spells in High Tide.

I think this supports the reasoning. If high tide is forced to run misstep also, its losing a whole card slot, which is devastating to the reliability of the combo. If they aren't, countering a candelabra on the draw is pretty sick on turn 1. Decks that run misstep can cut some number of dazes. Having access to the counter on the draw is a huge advantage, and without the tempo loss even when you're on the play. It's clear we disagree here, I'm not expecting to convince you, just you brought up a good point I wanted to address.

Turns out, they have FoW as well, I don't see this decking hating out anything. 4 Candles/4 High Tide/4 Fow vs 4 Fow/4Mishap….i wonder what wins…card will be played cause it is good, but to see it hate out any one deck, I don't think so. It also replaces a card in the main deck of decks, so that could make some matchups worse too. Double-edge sword

Zoo would board out Path to Exile for Misstep, and Goblins would board out Gempalm.

Totally fair, no doubt misstep will be in tons of decks, and missteps will be fighting other missteps too. Again, a large part of my reasoning is that the online retailers are over stocked on them at the moment. I don't doubt that Merfolk and goblins will maintain some popularity.

Thanks Chas- Certainly knew i was putting my neck out there with the Vial call. I still like it though. Ultimately, SCG and others will want to move the hundreds of them they have in stock, and it has to come down to do so… Perhaps i'll be proved wrong on that one, we'll see.

high tide is already seeing hate, but a free hard counter that stops the decks crucial spells. Stops tide and candleabra. Someone will attempt to run it at GP providence, scrub out nad prices will take a hit.
im expecting the sticks to almost halve in price in a few months

I don't agree that it will affect the price of Vial, though. Card is too popular in "budget" decks and aggro as a whole.

i think this is a really good idea! I'll pass the suggestion to Kelly, if he doesn't notice it here.

Yeah, i dont think aether vial will fade to oblivion, but the fact that online retailers already have a GRIP in stock, is a big part of my prediction, the new counterspell isn't going to make anyone switch INTO a vial deck. They wont move any for a while, and the price will come down until they sell.

Honestly, I'd love to see it shut down High Tide. And I agree with the Aether Vail call. People are still going to play the card, though.

At best, it stops vial, Top, 1cc creatures… at worst, it's FoW bait.

The only archetype that gets completely shut down is High Tide. The others will be present, but certain staples just wont be as good, like Aether Vial.

oh yeah, and i'll also stand behind my aether vial call. 🙂